The Montreal Canadiens trainers and doctors have been among the busiest in the National Hockey League this season. Hardly a day would go by in the month of December without news of another Habs player, usually a good one, going down long term.
First it was Alex Galchenyuk out for six weeks with a knee injury. David Desharnais soon followed though fans didn’t seem quite as worried about that one. Greg Pateryn joined them on the shelf and Andrei Markov has also missed significant time.
Charles Hudon came up to play three games, had two points and then broke his sternum.